Peart Water is a stream about long in
Somerset
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, England. It rises in the
Quantock Hills
The Quantock Hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England, consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land. They were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, designated in 1956.
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and flows in a generally northeast direction. Fish are raised in the
Hawkridge Reservoir
Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England.
The inflow is from several streams in the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including Peart Water, which continues below the reservoir in a northeast direction ...
, and further downstream the Peart Water powers two mills.
Course
Peart Water rises in the Quantock Hills Area of Natural Beauty in West Somerset.
It forms on the Middle Hill in the
Quantock Hills
The Quantock Hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England, consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land. They were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, designated in 1956.
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at an elevation of about .
It flows in a generally northeast direction for about to
Hawkridge Reservoir
Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England.
The inflow is from several streams in the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including Peart Water, which continues below the reservoir in a northeast direction ...
, which was built in the early 1960s to supply water to the Borough of
Bridgwater
Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...
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The reservoir covers about .
Peart Water flows onward from the dam in a northeast direction to
Spaxton
Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantock Hills, Quantocks in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England.
History
Spaxton was part of the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred of Cannington (hundred), Cannington.
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, where it enters the
Ashford Reservoir.
The distance between the two reservoirs is about .
The Ashford Reservoir has an elevation of almost .
The Peart Water leaves the Ashford Reservoir, and about from its source joins the Currypool stream and forms the
Cannington Brook.
Uses
The Hawkridge Reservoir is stocked with trout.
In August 1993 notice was published of an application by Wessex Water Services to discharge up to of settled effluent daily into the Peart Water from a fish farm at Hawkridge Reservoir.
The Currypool Mill, west of Ashford Reservoir, was fed by a
leat
A leat (; also lete or leet, or millstream) is the name, common in the south and west of England and in Wales, for an artificial watercourse or aqueduct dug into the ground, especially one supplying water to a watermill or its mill pond. Other ...
from Peart Water.
This used to power an overshot water wheel, which was replaced in 1934 by an Armfield vertical shafted 18"
Francis turbine
The Francis turbine is a type of water turbine. It is an inward-flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts. Francis turbines are the most common water turbine in use today, and can achieve over 95% efficiency.
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The turnbine was still being used to power a saw bench in 1976.
The stream powers the Twinhill Mill in Spaxton.
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Rivers of Somerset